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Originally Posted by padresag
your going to hear it anyway. 1/2 tons are not rated to carry that weight. I am across from a lumber yard and see jerks overloading their trucks everyday, rear bumpers almost dragging the ground. and you just love driving towards these a/h's at night with their lights hitting you in the eyes.
you want to overload a 50 year old truck whose suspension is more than likely already worn out. good luck. and I guess that you want this for your dump run truck because it will more than likely be cheap
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thanks for your input, but I'm not entirely sure we're on the same page. I should have asked if anyone knew what the original payload rating was for the 10 and 20. I also see people overloading trucks at the landscape depot, etc, and I always shake my head. But they are probably carrying far more than 1000 lbs too, likely more than 2000lbs. A ton is just really not that much weight. And I appreciate your point about it being a 50 year od truck. Who knows what it's been subjected to in the past. Being that old, if it does have a pretty low rating, then I wouldn't carry a full ton in it.
What I was referring to was peoples mistaken belief that a half ton truck can only carry 1000 lbs in the bed. I dont believe that is what the term half ton refers to. For example, modern 1 tons have around a 5900 lb rated carrying capacity, yet they still call them 1 tons. My 2004 1500 "half ton" had a 1500 lb payload and that was with coil springs too.
So to rephrase my question, if the truck is not a C20, would one ton be too much for it? What would a C20 comfortably carry? Must be able to carry a ton on an 8 lug truck. Worst comes to worst, I can haul palletized pellets on my trailer behind any of my trucks.
If this is something I'm going to do I would certainly have all new brakes, brake lines, shocks and wheel bearings. I always replace all that whenenver I buy an older vehicle. Either way, I do have to own a pickup, because the town I live in does not have curbside pickup, so I have to bring my garbage to the dump every weekend, and I don't want to carry it inside my suburban. Any time Ibuy a washer/dryer or some other big item, I don't want to have to hook up my trailer.